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2261. Telehealth and Behavioral Health Integration | The Academy
      integrationacademy.ahrq.gov/products/topic-briefs/telehealth
      February 01, 2025 - Expert Insight Expert Tips Success Stories Measures

2262. Statistical Brief #87: Characteristics of Weekday and Weekend Hospital Admissions (pdf file)
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb87.pdf
      March 01, 2010 - delay may be related to the scheduled nature of weekday procedures, but may also be an indicator of quality … of care. … treatment may be related to the scheduled nature of weekday procedures, it may also be an indicator of quality … of care. … of health care in the United States.

2263. Changes in Hospitalizations and In-Hospital Deaths in the Initial Period of the COVID-19 Pandemic (April–December 2020), 38 States and DC (pdf file)
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb300-COVID-19-AllHospital.pdf
      September 01, 2022 - Topics include hospital inpatient, ambulatory surgery, and emergency department use and costs, quality … of care, access to care, medical conditions, procedures, and patient populations, among other topics … publication who are interested in obtaining more information about access, cost, use, financing, and quality … of healthcare in the United States.

2264. Microsoft Word - Deliverable #94.10 - Final 2001 NIS Comparison Report 10-2. (pdf file)
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/methods/NIS_Comparison_Report_2001.pdf
      January 01, 2001 - .............................................................................................6 NIS Weights … As a result, the NIS includes approximately 7.5 million discharges from 984 hospitals, with weights … NIS Weights Sample weights were developed for the NIS to obtain national estimates of the hospital … 25 diagnosis category comparisons revealed only a handful of significant differences for any other measure … When other differences were observed, inconsistency was generally limited to one other measure.

2265. Instructions for Analyzing Data from CAHPS Surveys (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/cahps/surveys-guidance/helpful-resources/analysis/2020-instructions-for-analyzing-data.pdf
      January 01, 2020 - Composite measures combine CAHPS survey questions that measure the same dimensions of patients’ experiences … this will equal 1; for composite measures this will equal the number of items in the composite measure … Item Weighting – Algorithm for Composite Measures The CAHPS Analysis Program uses item weights to … will receive different composite measure scores if the composite measures are calculated with different … For composite measures, the several adjusted entity means are combined with equal item weights (one

2266. MAINTAIN AND EXPAND (pdf file)
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/nis/reports/Changes_in_NIS_Design_1998.pdf
      January 01, 1998 - We no longer calculate weights to the frame or weights to the state. … decided at the outset to omit this aspect of the sampling methodology in the future, we attempted to measure … Figures 10 and 11 summarize the differences between HCUP and non-HCUP hospitals on another size measure … While these differences can be explained by disease and severity measures in patient-level analyses, … " • "Analyzing Repeated Measures and Cluster-Correlated Data Using SUDAAN Release 7.5" (1997).

2267. Eliminating CLABSI, A National Patient Safety Imperative: A Progress Report on the National 'On the CUSP: Stop BSI' Project, Neonatal CLABSI Prevention (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/publications/files/clabsineonatal.pdf
      October 01, 2012 - Eliminating CLABSI, A National Patient Safety Imperative: A Progress Report on the National 'On the CUSP: Stop BSI' Project, Neonatal CLABSI Prevention Eliminating CLABSI, A National Patient Safety Imperative A Progress Report on the National On the CUSP: Stop BSI Project, Neonatal CLABSI Prevention A Pr…

2268. COVID-19-related changes in hospitalizations and in-hospital deaths for patients from rural areas (pdf file)
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb295-COVID-19-RuralHosptl.pdf
      December 01, 2020 - Topics include hospital inpatient, ambulatory surgery, and emergency department use and costs, quality … of care, access to care, medical conditions, procedures, and patient populations, among other topics … publication who are interested in obtaining more information about access, cost, use, financing, and quality … of healthcare in the United States.

2269. COVID-19-related changes in hospitalizations and in-hospital deaths for patients from urban areas (pdf file)
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb294-COVID-19-UrbanHosptl.pdf
      December 01, 2020 - Topics include hospital inpatient, ambulatory surgery, and emergency department use and costs, quality … of care, access to care, medical conditions, procedures, and patient populations, among other topics … publication who are interested in obtaining more information about access, cost, use, financing, and quality … of healthcare in the United States.

2270. Microsoft Word - CaseforPOAIndicator_final_060806 _2_.doc (pdf file)
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/methods/2006_9.pdf
      January 01, 2006 - .............................................................................................7 NIS Weights … As a result, the NIS includes approximately 8.0 million discharges from 994 hospitals, with weights … Because NIS weights are based on the AHA survey, there was close agreement between the two sources. … For example, weights enable estimates of diagnosis-specific average lengths of stay across all United … The AHA-derived sampling weights in the NIS yield discharge counts consistent with the AHA universe,

2271. HEALTHCARE COST AND UTILIZATION PROJECT — HCUP (pdf file)
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/nrd/Introduction_NRD_2010-2018.pdf
      January 01, 2018 - Data Elements in the 2018 NRD Severity Measures File ---------------------------------- 7 Table D.3 … Reducing hospital readmissions is a key strategy for improving the quality of healthcare while containing … Although discharge-level weights were calculated for the NRD, hospital-level weights were not calculated … Users should not equate the discharge- level weights to weights that can be used to estimate population … Variance Calculations It may be important for researchers to calculate a measure of precision for

2272. HEALTHCARE COST AND UTILIZATION PROJECT — HCUP (pdf file)
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/db/nation/nrd/Introduction_NRD_2010-2017.pdf
      January 01, 2017 - Data Elements in the 2017 NRD Severity Measures File ---------------------------------- 7 Table D.3 … Reducing hospital readmissions is a key strategy for improving the quality of healthcare while containing … • Severity File: There are two Disease Severity Measures Files for the 2015 NRD: • Nine months of … This report describes 12 key measures of hospital readmissions from different agencies or companies … Variance Calculations It may be important for researchers to calculate a measure of precision for

2273. Interventions to Prevent Falls in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: USPSTF Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/h-w99jVsodSL33kV2h2_qW
      April 17, 2018 - Effectiveness of Preventive Measures The USPSTF reviewed the evidence from 62 trials on the use of multifactorial … living, or independent activities of daily living showed no benefit, but these studies used different scales … Potential Harms of Preventive Measures Evidence on harms was reported in a subset of trials reporting … A pilot study to explore the predictive validity of 4 measures of falls risk in frail elderly patients

2274. Learning from Primary Care EHR Exemplars About HIT Safety - Final Report (pdf file)
      digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/citation/r21hs024327-ornstein-final-report-2018.pdf
      January 01, 2018 - who were deemed exemplars based on high performance on a summary of 62 clinical q uality measures … Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act was intended to improve the quality … of healthcare provided to the American public by incentivizing the meaningful use of electronic health … The summary measure aggregated data on 62 CQMs, 18 of which directly reflect patient safety relevant … The consensus, however, was that these difficulties were outweighed by the quality of care that their

2275. Archived: Colorectal Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/colorectal-cancer-screening-2002
      June 13, 2002 - Tests that incorporate quantitative measures of heme and genetic stool markers have not been evaluated … Homer, MD, MPH (Executive Director, National Initiative for Children’s Healthcare Quality, Boston, MA

2276. Screening for Unhealthy Drug Use: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/R3y9LSud52CGL8mG4wvxoT
      June 09, 2020 - MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES Sensitivity, specificity, drug use and other health, social, and legal outcomes … Drug use severity was analyzed as a standardized mean difference, given heterogeneity in measurement scales … Outcomes: No measure of drug use reported (KQs 1, 3, 4, 5); no measure related to sensitivity and specificity … Only 3 trials reported on a measure of global function or well-being with no clear effect. … Drug use during pregnancy: validating the Drug Abuse Screening Test against physiological measures.

2277. Virtual Patient Advocate to Reduce Ambulatory Adverse Drug Events (pdf file)
      digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/r18hs017196-jack-final-report-2011.pdf
      January 01, 2011 - Medicine as described in the AHRQ report entitled Priority Areas for National Action: Transforming Health … Care Quality: 28 Evidence of Effectiveness of Use of VPAs during Transitions in Care. … More than half (54 percent) scored at the eighth grade level or below on a measure of health literacy … Priority Areas for National Action: Transforming Health Care Quality.

2278. HCUP_methods_series_cover.ai (pdf file)
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/methods/2005_03_del_379.pdf
      January 01, 2005 - .............................................................................................7 NIS Weights … As a result, the NIS includes approximately 7.8 million discharges from 984 hospitals, with weights … Because NIS weights are based on the AHA survey, there was close agreement between the two sources. … For example, weights enable estimates of diagnosis-specific average lengths of stay over all United … When other differences were observed, inconsistency was generally limited to one other measure.

2279. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Depression in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary20/depression-in-adults-screening-2009
      December 15, 2009 - a proxy for less serious adverse effects, particularly discontinuation due to adverse effects as a measure … Follow-up Scale Score Decrease from Baseline IV Group, % UC Group, % Measure … IV Group, % UC Group, % Measure General adult population

2280. Archived: Evidence Summary: Alcohol Misuse: Screening and Behavioral Counseling Interventions in Primary Care | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary9/alcohol-misuse-screening-and-behavioral-counseling-interventions-in-primary-care-2013
      September 25, 2012 - For the outcome of alcohol consumption, the effect measure was mean difference between the intervention … pregnancy 75 , higher rates of abstinence 79 , and better fetal and newborn outcomes (higher birth weights … Two prenatal alcohol use screening instruments compared with a physiologic measure. … The intermediate outcomes include measures of lower-risk alcohol use.